Jean Auguste Dominque Ingres

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Ingre was a French painter that was born on August, 1780. He were introduced to art at early age because his father was a mediocre artist and passed the talent to his son. His studies were about fine arts and when he was a teen he went to Paris to study at David`s studio. He also went to scholarship to study at Academie de France in Rome. At 19 years old Ingres had already good ability to create fine art works and knows enough about history of art. The painter was from the neoclassical period and he is popular for conventional portraits and natural state women. At age 40 Ingres switched to classic conventional style. In 1825 he decided to share his talent by teaching in huge studio in Paris. He managed to exhibit a lot of his work in museums around the world. Ingres was also professor and president in his life and was blamed of enforcing others to do his personal style on the whole school. His artistic carrier influenced al lot of artists both many years ago and in the modern life we are living. He died at the age of 87 on 14th January, 1876.

The artwork is made by Ingres named La Grande Odalisque. It was made in 1814 and it`s media used is oil on canvas. It is situated at Musée du Louvre It was made in Romanticism period. This art work is exotic because of the things she has around like the feathers, the satin curtains and the hat ornaments she is wearing.  . It has a great attention to detail. It is a realistic painting but the proportions are not real. The woman is elongated to show a sense of strength, legend and defines. The background is giving contrast with her skin tone. She has a look of innocence so the model is probably young. The elite body is a sign of offer to someone or to god. There are tones of colours and light reflecting especially on her body. The black and blue curtains are slightly blending. The focus point of the painting is surely the woman's body

This painting is made by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani and was named "Reclining nude". He used oil on canvas. As you look at it you will realize that it is influenced by La Grande Odalisque. Comparing to La grande Odalisque it is elongated in the back and pelvic areas way a bit more. It has less details and realistic look. The hips are really cured, are exaggerated in scale and form. It gives a feeling of tranquillity because of the way the is posing. These two has the elongation pose, nudity and the use of pillow in common. There is less tone, shades and details in this painting. the background is still giving live to the painting because of contrast, There are curved implied lines to define 2d art work The model looks like she is sleeping.

References

Reclining nude (2014). The museum of modern art. [online] Available on : http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=78432 Accessed on: 5th March

Artable (2014). Jean Auguste Dominique Ingre biography. Artable.[online] Available on: http://www.artble.com/artists/jean_auguste_dominique_ingres/more_information/biography#middle_years Accessed on:5th March, 2014

Khan academy(2011). Smart History- Ingres` La Grand Odalisque. smart history. [online]. Available on: http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/grand-odalisque.html Accessed on 5th March, 2014